LAGOS FEBRUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGRS)-Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai, has said that members of Boko Haram are now scattered across the country including Lagos after onslaught at their base in the North-East. Buratai, speaking in a special interview with TheCable and THISDAY/ARISE in Lagos on Tuesday, said Nigeria is now faced with the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Educating the ‘common man’ on the strength in having one Nigeria has been identified as key to tackling insecurity challenges facing the nation. Friendship Is Peace International (FIPI), a worldwide initiative seeking to promote peace and friendship among humanity, stated this while addressing newsmen in Warri, Monday. Initiator of the group, Elder…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGRS)-Police in Turkey have declared a former Super Eagles player, Raheem Lawal, wanted for breaking a bottle on the head of a clubber during a fight. Igbere TV learnt that Lawal was sacked by his Turkish second division club, Fatih Karagumruk, after he was involved in a night club brawl in Istanbul….
LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has sealed 13 steel factories across the nation for standards infractions. The SON task force on steel Chairman, Mr Enebi Onucheyo disclosed to newsmen on Monday in Lagos. Onucheyo said the companies located in Lagos, Ogun, Osun, Abia and Edo States were shut until further notice…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian government has budgeted N620 million to manage the coronavirus epidemic. This is according to the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire. Tribune reports that the ministry of health budgeted the fund to monitor, detect and prevent the country from the dreaded coronavirus spreading across the world from China. While interfacing with…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has slashed its visa application charges for citizens of the United States from $180 to $160. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the old amount comprised $160 as visa fee and $20 as “processing and expedient fees”. According to the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Immigration Service, Mr Muhammad Babandede,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States has announced an additional 40-million-dollar (N14 billion) aid to Nigeria to address the humanitarian crisis arising from decades of the Boko Haram insurgency. The Secretary of State, Mr Mike Pompeo, who made the announcement in Washington DC on Tuesday, said this was in addition to nearly 350 million dollars…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The international oil benchmark, Brent crude, plummeted to its lowest level in more than a year on Monday, trading below the Federal Government’s benchmark for the 2020 budget, as the coronavirus outbreak hit fuel demand in China. The 2020 budget, which was signed by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), in…
